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Posted on: Apr. 15 2006,6:24 pm |
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The Tribune breaks the news on this one...by editor Tim Engstrom:
Purchase agreement signed for A.L. Golf Club
This has been discussed until now in the local businesses thread, but it's time for this to become its own topic.
What does everyone think about LaFavre's plan?
I think Victoria Simonsen's comment is well taken. What if LaFavre destroys the golf course and only builds a few homes?
Do we REALLY need another housing development with Tiger Hills, Larryland, Chapeau Shores, and the Weiks Farm coming on line?
LaFavre's thinking that he's going to attract a bunch of executive types is pie in the sky to me. I think the guy's pretty full of himself personally.
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Posted on: Apr. 15 2006,7:08 pm |
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i say " hats off to Scott LaFavre & his family for selecting Albert Lea to invest their monies in this city" !the country club has been in decline for several years due partly to the fact of the declining upper & middle management personal. the elks club & the city of albert lea both had an opportunity to buy the country club & both declined. it is no surprise that it only took one day to complete the purchase, i bet the former owners were elated to get out from under a sinking ship. i see this as a win win situation for the city & county. if it would be possible it would be of some benefit for the project to save one of the nine holes for a inducement for the future homeowners. like the cap emmons auditorium, the deal is done so why throw up obstacles for the project. competition that is what free enterprise is all about.
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Posted on: Apr. 15 2006,7:23 pm |
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Posted on: Apr. 15 2006,7:25 pm |
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Doesn't Lafavre have a race team in Nascar?
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hymiebravo
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Posted on: Apr. 15 2006,8:32 pm |
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Pretty solid writing by the Edidor in Chief, too I might add. lol I see why hes the boss. Hes really injected some life into to the old Albert Lea Tribune, it seems. lol 
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Posted on: Apr. 16 2006,6:45 pm |
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Sounds to me like Mr. LaFavre has watched Field of Dreams one to many times. His "build it and they will come" approach to the Club land seems silly to me. 
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Alfy Packer
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Posted on: Apr. 16 2006,8:45 pm |
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There has been more than one family that has sunk a small fortune in that swamp. As much as I love golf and hate to see any course disapear, Mr. LaFavre had better plan on constructing House Boats out there. A little donation to wetland conservation will be like pissing in the ocean.
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Posted on: Apr. 17 2006,12:18 am |
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Lyle Lanley and the Monorail! 
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Posted on: Apr. 17 2006,7:48 am |
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| Quote | | Albert Lea now has 400 residential units going up in residential subdivisions. (A single-family house is one residential unit; a 12-apartment condominium is 12 units.) Simonsen said some people have concerns about how saturated the Albert Lea housing market is. |
Drove past Tiger Hills yesterday, I don't know who is building the house but there is one that was built about 5 feet from a creek, that thing is saturated.
| Quote | | Further, a recent housing study did not mention a need for high-end housing. |
It didn't? Looks to me like it did.
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Alfy Packer
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Posted on: Apr. 17 2006,8:27 am |
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The name rings a bell from the past. Wasn't there an older LaFaver of some reputation in the community? Any one know if this is the same family?
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